Stetson President Dr. Wendy Libby announced that the University was bringing football back for the ﬁrst time
since 1956 on March 14, 2011. More than a year later, on March 23, 2012, a groundbreaking ceremony for
Stetson’s $6.7 million ﬁeld house and ﬁeld renovation was held.
The 25,000 square foot building on the corner of Minnesota and Amelia avenues houses locker rooms for men’s
and women’s soccer, as well as the brand new football and lacrosse teams at Stetson. Additionally, state-ofthe-art sports medicine and strength and conditioning areas are also available to student-athletes at the Stetson
University Athletics Training Facility.
The facility also includes ofﬁce and meeting room space for each of the four programs, as well as an equipment
room. The VIP room on the second ﬂoor of the facility will double as a press box for home soccer and lacrosse
games. On one side of the ﬁeld house are practice ﬁelds for the football team, on the other side are game and
practice ﬁelds for Stetson men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and lacrosse teams.

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Stetson Hatters Men’s Soccer

Season Preview

With a wealth of decorated veterans returning from last season’s 105-4 squad, the Stetson men’s soccer team is poised for another stellar
campaign in 2012. This season’s version of the Hatters is still untested
and unproven as a unit, but with Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the
Year and NSCAA Third Team All-America Jonathan Mendoza as well
as A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year Luis Ocejo back in the fold, Stetson seems poised to make another deep run in the conference tournament and vie for its second berth into the NCAA Championships in just
four years.
Mendoza will lead a myriad of returning midﬁelders for the Hatters
in 2012. The reigning Player of the Year and All-American was an
offensive dynamo for Stetson last season. Totaling 11 goals and ﬁve
assists for a team-best 27 points, Mendoza was called “an MLS-level
talent” by Top Drawer Soccer. The publication went on to say that the
midﬁelder “is one of those hidden gems of college soccer and worth all
of the preseason hype.”
Junior Steven Saballos will add a lot of experience in the center of the Hatters’ midﬁeld, having started 18 games and totaling one
goal and ﬁve assists a year ago. Senior Caleb Matthews, who tallied one score in 13 games as a sophomore in 2010, sophomore Elias
Beates, with his two goals in 19 matches from a season ago, and sophomore Dwight Lodge will add plenty of experience at the position.
Junior AJ Cardounel and redshirt freshman Juan Polanco didn’t see action last season, but will provide depth to the Stetson midﬁeld in
2012. A pair of newcomers will also help ﬁll out the Hatters’ bevy of midﬁelders this fall. Travis Workman is a junior from DeLand,
while Quinn Ebright hails from Tampa.

Last year’s squad outscored its opponents 38-30, and that differential was due in part
to Ocejo anchoring the defense. The 2011 Defensive Player of the Year in the A-Sun
added two goals and three assists to his stingy defending last season. Ocejo was also
named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by the league earlier this month.
He will be joined by a trio of experienced backs in juniors Raffaele Centofanti and
JJ Bostic, as well as sophomore JJ Lofthouse-Smith. Centofanti and Bostic added two
goals out of the back in 2011, while Lofthouse-Smith was third on the team in minutes
last season. Junior Chris Aguirre, redshirt freshman Gabriele Vittori, and freshman
Doug Szoka from DeLand will add depth to the Stetson defense in 2012.
Senior Kai Eckenrode is an experienced attacking player who was recently named
to the A-Sun’s Preseason All-Conference Team. He scored four goals and added six
assists as a junior in 2011. Senior Joakim Helland and junior Evan Jimmo have each
shown the ability to help the Hatter offense in the past. Helland was second on the
team with ﬁve goals last year, while Jimmo scored a goal in 17 appearances last
season. Freshman Fabrizio Chiari of Caracas, Venezuela will add depth to the Stetson
attack this fall.
Entering his junior season with a career 0.82 goals-against average, Andreas Schnabl
has proven to be one of the top goalkeepers in the conference. Recording ﬁve shutouts
in each of his ﬁrst two seasons, Schnabl will look to lead the Hatters from the very back
once again in 2012. Stetson also brought in freshman goalkeeper Luis Arrazola, who
will provide the Hatters with depth and ﬂexibility at the position.
Stetson’s schedule for the 2012 campaign includes three NCAA Tournament participants
from a year ago in West Virginia, UCF and A-Sun foe FGCU. The slate begins with a
trip to Penn State on August 25. The Hatters will take on last season’s Big 10 runner-up
for the second year in a row, after defeating the Nittany Lions by a score of 3-2 early
in the 2011 season.

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Coaching Staff

Stetson Hatters Men’s Soccer

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Head Coach | Sixth Year | Old Dominion, 1984
T. Logan Fleck enters his sixth season as the head coach of Stetson University’s men’s soccer program in 2012. Fleck recently
earned his 50th win with the Hatters, topping Lipscomb 3-1 on October 23, 2011.
Stetson recorded another excellent season under Fleck in 2011, going 10-5-4 overall and 6-1-1 in Atlantic Sun Conference
action to ﬁnish second in the league standings. Fleck’s tutelage resulted in Jonathan Mendoza and Luis Ocejo sweeping the A-Sun Player
of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards, respectively, with Gonzalo de Mujica joining them on the A-Sun First Team.
Kai Eckenrode was a Second Team selection with JJ Lofthouse-Smith earning A-Sun All-Freshman Team honors. Most notably,
however, was Mendoza becoming the ﬁrst NSCAA All-American in Stetson men’s soccer history with a Third Team selection after his 11goal, ﬁve-assist season.
In 2010, Fleck led the Hatters to a 10-6-2 record and a second straight appearance in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament ﬁnals. Three Hatters (Frederik Brustad, Ryan Corning and Jonathan Mendoza) earned First Team All-Atlantic Sun honors with
Brustad becoming the ﬁrst A-Sun Player of the Year in program history. Gonzalo de Mujica was named to the Second Team and goalkeeper Andreas Schnabl to the All-Freshman Team. Corning, Mendoza and Schnabl made the A-Sun All-Tournament Team as well.
In 2009 Fleck led the Hatters to the second Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Championship in the program’s history and
second-ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. Stetson ﬁnished the regular season with 12 wins and then picked up post-season victories
over ETSU and Mercer, before falling to USF in the NCAA Playoffs. The ﬁnal season record was 14-4-2 giving Coach Fleck the program record for the most wins in a season. Four members of the 2009 team earned First Team All-Conference honors including senior
Robert Hodge who was named the A-Sun’s Defensive Player of the Year. One player, Jonathan Mendoza was voted to the All-Freshman
Team.
In 2008 Fleck led the Hatters to their second consecutive winning season and second trip to the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament under his guidance. Two members of his team earned All-Conference honors, and two players were voted to the All-Freshman
Team. For the second consecutive season Stetson defeated Clemson from the ACC (1-0).
In 2007 he assumed the program just prior to the season and led the team to an impressive 11-5-2 record and a second
place ﬁnish in the A-Sun. The Hatters placed four players on the all-conference team, two players on the all-freshman team and ﬁnished
ﬁrst in the league in defense with a 1.00 goals against average. The team’s signature win was the 2-1 triumph over Clemson.
Fleck has 211 career victories in 24 years of coaching men’s and women’s soccer. Prior to coming to DeLand he was ﬁxture at
the University of South Florida. Fleck served as the head women’s soccer coach,
leading the Bulls to a 97-94-18 record. It was a program he brought from a nonFleck’s Year-by-Year Record
scholarship team to a varsity squad that built an 11-3-0 record in his ﬁrst season.
As his program grew, Fleck was honored as the Conference USA Coach
of the Year in 1998. That team blazed through the regular schedule unblemished
Year
School
Record
and ﬁnished with a remarkable 15-1-3 overall record.
1987
Arkansas-Little Rock 9-5-2
Twenty-two of Fleck’s Bulls earned All-Conference USA honors between 1996-2004. USF placed seven players on all-conference teams in 1998, 1988
Arkansas-Little Rock 8-4-3
including ﬁrst team selections Kristine Edner, Tia Opliger and Janeen Sobush. The
1989
Arkansas-Little Rock 6-5-3
burgeoning program produced its ﬁrst C-USA individual award winner in 1998
1994
South
Florida
9-7-0
when Tia Opliger was named C-USA Freshman of the Year. Fleck was rewarded
as well as his league peers selected him C-USA Coach of the Year. His 2003
1995
South Florida
8-6-0
team continued to receive conference honors. Breck Bankester not only was
1996
South Florida
17-4-0
named the C-USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, but also was named to the
2007
Stetson
11-5-2
all-tournament team and to the All-Conference USA First Team. In addition, Katie
Reed was named ﬁrst team all-conference, and Stacci Sastre received third team 2008
Stetson
8-7-2
honors.
2009
Stetson
14-4-2
Fleck’s soccer success at USF actually began in 1989 when he joined
Stetson
10-6-2
then-head men’s soccer coach Jay Miller’s staff as an assistant. The Bulls churned 2010
2011
Stetson
10-5-4
out a 59-28-11 record under ﬁve seasons of Miller-Fleck leadership. USF
claimed a Sun Belt Conference regular-season title in 1990 and a Metro Confer- Total
110-58-20 (.638)
ence title in 1991.

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Stetson Hatters Men’s Soccer

Coaching Staff

Fleck assumed head coaching duties with the men’s program following the 1993 season and turned in solid 9-7-0 and 8-60 seasons in 1994 and 1995, respectively. The 1996 season marked USF’s return to national prominence in men’s soccer when Fleck’s
1996 team advanced to the NCAA Tournament after a 13-year absence. The team won a share of the C-USA regular-season title, laid
claim to the conference tournament title and set a new program record for wins in a season with a 17-4-0 mark. Fleck’s squad spent
much of the season nationally ranked and rose as high as No. 10 in the Soccer News poll.
Fleck has an eye for talent. He was instrumental in the signing of several standout players on the men’s side, including Major
League Soccer star Mark Chung of the San Jose Earthquakes. He retired after the 2006 season after playing in 278 league matches,
one of the highest totals in MLS history. Chung, who has made four MLS All-Star appearances as a member of four different teams
(Kansas City, New York/New Jersey and Colorado), played under Fleck’s tutelage from 1989 through 1992. Another standout was U.S.
National Team member Jeff Cunningham of the MLS FC Dallas. He was the MLS scoring champion in 2006 and won the Golden Boot
Award with 16 goals and 11 assists. One of his top women’s players at USF Siri Norby is a member of the Norwegian National Team
and played in the 2008 Olympic Games in China.
Other Fleck recruits include MLS-drafted players Todd Deneault and USF’s all-time single-season goal-scoring leader Mike
Mekelburg. Both were drafted in the 1997 MLS college draft. The Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Mekelburg in the ﬁrst round while the
Columbus Crew selected Deneault in the third round.
Fleck’s ﬁrst coaching job was at Seminole High School in Seminole, Fla., where he was the head boy’s soccer coach. He also
coached boy’s soccer at Lyman High School in Orlando, Fla. Fleck was an assistant at Florida Southern College in 1985 and 1986,
prior to accepting a position at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock where he initiated both men’s and women’s soccer programs.
Fleck’s men were 23-14-8 over three seasons and advanced to the Trans America Athletic Conference playoffs all three years. His ﬁrst
women’s team at UALR was regionally ranked as high as ninth. The following season the women qualiﬁed for the Central Region playoffs.
Fleck holds a United States Soccer Federation National “A” license as well as a Youth National License. He has been an instructor at U.S. Soccer National Coaching Schools and for National Youth Licenses as well. He was the head coach of the United States
Youth Soccer Association South Regional teams from 1989-91 and is currently on both coaching staffs for the women’s and men’s South
Regional teams. In addition, Fleck is currently a U.S. Soccer Federation National staff coach.
Fleck’s career began as a young boy who watched his father, the late Dr. Thomas Fleck, coach collegiate games at Lehigh
University. Dr. Fleck was a soccer coach for decades at both the high school and collegiate level, and even coached against his son (Dr.
Fleck won). His father has especially made an impact in youth soccer, winning the NSCAA Youth Long-Term Service Award in 1996 for
his achievements. In addition to that award, he also earned the following honors: Torch Bearer (Boise, Idaho) 2002 Winter Olympic
Games Torch Relay, Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame, NSCAA Exceptional Services Award and the Order of AHEPA Outstanding Service Award. Dr. Fleck was a cornerstone in his son’s life. He provided the inspiration for his son to become a coach by his passion,
love and enjoyment for the game of soccer.

B r u c e
D I E T T E R L E
Assistant Coach | First Year | Saint Anselm, 2006
Bruce Dietterle joined the Stetson men’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant in August of 2012. Dietterle comes to DeLand
after a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Montevallo, where he helped lead the Falcons to a 30-7-6 record during 2010 and 2011 and the program’s ﬁrst Peach Belt Conference Championship.
While at Montevallo Deitterle was responsible for assisting in all aspects of coaching, as well as recruiting, weight program
design and application, compliance, program development, academic monitoring, scheduling, and budgeting.
Dietterle coached 10 All-Conference players, ﬁve All-Region honorees, and one All-American. The NCAA Division II program
also included 10 Scholar All-Region players and a Scholar All-American. The squad earned NSCAA Team Scholar accolades both
seasons that Dietterle was on the staff.
Before coaching at Montevallo, Dietterle was an assistant coach at Division II Pfeiffer University for three seasons. He also
has experience coaching club and ODP soccer in both North Carolina and Alabama.
A four-year letter winner at Saint Anselm College during his playing days, Dietterle graduated from Saint A’s in 2006 with a
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He also holds a NSCAA National Coaching Diploma.

2011: Second Team All-Atlantic Sun...A-Sun Player of the Week
(Oct. 31)...College Soccer 360 National Team of the Week (Oct.
31)...College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 31)...
A-Sun Conference Scholar...appeared in 17 matches with 15
starts...scored four goals and ranked second on the team with six
assists for 14 points...made two National Teams of the Week and
picked up the A-Sun Player of the Week award at the end of
October with a game-tying goal against #9 UCF (Oct. 25) and a
pair of goals, including the game-winning score in overtime, to beat
Jacksonville 4-3 on the road (Oct. 30)...also scored against FGCU
(Sept. 30)...two assists in season-opening win over Florida Tech
(Aug. 27) and in Oct. 3 win over Lipscomb...assisted on Ryan AsareBediako’s OT winner to beat Mercer 1-0 (Oct. 9) and in Nov. 5 win
over Nebraska-Omaha.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...enjoyed breakout season
with ﬁve goals and four assists...tied for second on the team in
goals and ﬁfth in assists...two goals and an assist in win over Johnson & Wales (Sept. 10)...goal in win over Manhattan (Sept. 17)...
scored in win over ETSU (Oct. 8) and at Campbell (Oct. 16).
2009: Came off the bench in 12 games as a freshman... Picked
up his ﬁrst career assist on the winning goal in Stetson’s 5-1 victory
over Lipscomb (10/9)... Had a season-high two shots, both on goal
in 4-2 win at Jacksonville (10/2)... Averaged 0.42 shots per game.
High School: Graduated from West Springﬁeld High School in
Springﬁeld, Virginia... Earned three varsity letters as a member of
the Spartans soccer team... He earned All-District and All-Region
honors... Named Second Team All-Met by the Washington Post in
2007... Played two seasons for the U19 squad at Stevenage Borough in United Kingdom after being spotted playing for Chelsea
USA in the AVC International Cup in Sportilia, Italy.
Personal: Son of Don and Eva Eckenrode of Springﬁeld, Virginia...
Born December 5, 1989 in Silver Springs, Maryland... Majoring in
Communication Studies.
Eckenrode’s Career Statistics
YEAR
G/GS Sh
2009
12/0 5
2010
18/16 31
2011
17/15 46
TOTALS
47/31 82

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G
0
5
4
9

A
1
4
6
11

2011: First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District...Honorable Mention
NSCAA Scholar All-South Region...Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team...A-Sun Conference Scholar...played in all 19 matches
with 11 starts...scored ﬁve goals and dished out two assists for 12
points...scored both Stetson goals in 2-0 win at North Florida (Oct.
28)...also scored in wins over Florida Tech (Aug. 27) and Belmont
(Oct. 21) as well as A-Sun semiﬁnal match at ETSU (Nov. 11)...assists Sept. 16 vs. Furman and Nov. 5 vs. Nebraska-Omaha.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...played in 17 matches with
11 starts in his ﬁrst season with Stetson...two goals and tied for
second on the team with six assists...scored in wins over Johnson &
Wales (Sept. 1) and UNF (Oct. 29)...two assists vs. JWU and Manhattan (Sept. 17).
Prior to Stetson: As a freshman Helland played for the St. John’s
Red Storm team that made it all the way to the NCAA semiﬁnals...
He played in seven games as a freshman picking up two shots and
scoring one goal... In 2009-10 he sat out as a redshirt while recovering from knee surgery... Big East All-Academic Team in 2008...
Helped team to a Big East title and a semiﬁnal ﬁnish in the NCAA
Tournament in 2008.
High School: Graduated from N.T.G. in Bergen, Norway... Played
soccer under head coach Bredo Olsen.
Personal: Son of Gisle and Ragnhild Helland of Bergen, Norway...
chose to come to Stetson because of Coach Fleck and Coach Dutt...
Majoring in Finance.
Helland’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2010
17/11 16
2011
19/11 27
TOTALS
36/22 43

G
2
5
7

A
6
2
8

PTS
10
12
22

PTS
1
14
14
29

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Stetson Hatters Men’s Soccer

Student-Athletes

Caleb
MATTHEWS

Jona than
MENDOZA

SR | MF | 5-9 | 165
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Allen D. Nease HS

SR | MF | 5-6 | 140
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Lyman HS

14

11

2011: Appeared in three contests, making one start...Recorded two
shots in 88 minutes.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...appeared in 13 matches
off the bench...scored on the only shot he took all season (his ﬁrst
career shot) in 4-0 win at Lipscomb (Oct. 3).
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...played in four matches as a
freshman averaging just under 20 minutes per match.
High School: Graduated from Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte
Vedra Beach, Florida...also attended Berren County High School
in Nashville, Georgia...in his high school career he earned varsity
letters in soccer, cross country, football, and track...was an honor roll
student who won various athletic honors...helped team achieve two
state championships and one runner up ﬁnish.
Personal: Son of Joe Matthews and Ricki Taylor... Born August 22 in
Tifton, Georgia...chose Stetson because of its prestigious reputation
for soccer and academics...Majoring in Molecular Biology.
Matthews’ Career Statistics
YEAR
G/GS Sh
2009
4/0
0
2010
13/0 1
2011
3/1
2
TOTALS
20/1
3

G
0
1
0
1

A
0
0
0
0

PTS
0
2
0
2

2011: NSCAA Third Team All-American...Atlantic Sun Player of the
Year...First Team All-Atlantic Sun...A-Sun Player of the Week (Sept.
6, Oct. 24)...First Team NSCAA All-South Region...A-Sun All-Tournament Team...A-Sun All-Academic honors...started all 19 matches...
led all A-Sun players with 27 points on 11 goals and ﬁve assists...
three multi-goal matches and one multi-assist effort...scored twice
as Stetson beat #15 Penn State 3-2 (Sept. 2)...two goals at FIU
(Sept. 9)...two goals in Oct. 23 win over Lipscomb...goal and an
assist in Sept. 25 2-2 tie with George Washington...had at least
one point in six of Stetson’s last seven regular season matches...ﬁrst
All-American player in Stetson men’s soccer history.
2010: First Team All-Atlantic Sun...Atlantic Sun All-Tournament
Team...A-Sun Player of the Week (Oct. 4)...A-Sun All-Academic honors...started all 18 matches in his second season at Stetson...scored
three goals and recorded 11 assists, the second-highest single
season total in program history...goal and three assists in 10-0 rout
over Johnson & Wales (Sept. 1)...two assists in win over Manhattan
(Sept. 17)...two goals and two assists in win at Lipscomb (Oct. 3)...
assisted on game-winning goal vs. ETSU (Oct. 8).
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team...Atlantic Sun All-Tournament
Team...played in 17 matches with nine starts as a freshman...tied
for the conference lead in game-winning goals with three...tied for
fourth on Hatters in scoring with nine points...tied for 5th on Hatters
in assists with three...scored the game-winning goals against FIU
(Sept. 11), Saint Joseph’s (Sept. 18) and ETSU (Nov. 13)...seasonhigh ﬁve shots against FIU (Sept. 11)...season-high four shots on
goal vs. College of Charleston (Sept. 25).
High School: Graduated from Lyman High School in Longwood,
Florida... Played soccer under head coach Steve Lyons... 2009
ESPNRise.Com Second team All-America... 2009 ESPNRise.Com
All-Central Florida Team... 2009 Orlando Sentinel Boys Player of
the Year... 2009 Seminole County Player of the Year... Scored 30
goals and had 22 assists as a senior... Scored three goals in District
Finals... Led team to the 2009 FHSAA State Semiﬁnals.
Personal: Son of Jorge Mendoza and Maria Ines Valenzuela... Born
January 26, 1990 in Columbia... Chose Stetson so he could get a
good education and play for a good team... Majoring in International Business.
Mendoza’s Career Statistics
YEAR
G/GS Sh
2009
17/9 32
2010
18/18 36
2011
19/19 55
TOTALS
54/46 123

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G
3
3
11
17

A
3
11
5
19

PTS
9
17
27
53

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Student-Athletes

L u i s
O C E J O

C h r i s
A G U I R R E

SR | D | 5-8 | 150
Mexico City, Mexico
Pendleton School

JR | D | 5-10 | 170
North Miami Beach, Fla.
North Miami Beach HS

19

12

2011: Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year...First Team AllAtlantic Sun...Third Team NSCAA All-South Region...Third Team
NSCAA Scholar All-American...First Team NSCAA Scholar All-South
Region...First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District...Atlantic Sun
All-Academic Team...A-Sun Conference Scholar...A-Sun Defensive
Player of the Week (Oct. 24)...played in and started 18 matches...
scored two goals and handed out three assists for seven points...ﬁrst
career goal came in 2-2 tie Sept. 25 vs. George Washington...also
scored in 3-2 overtime win at USC Upstate (Oct. 16)...had an assist
in Sept. 2 win over #15 Penn State...also had assists vs. Jacksonville
(Oct. 30) and at ETSU (Nov. 11)...anchored a Stetson back line that
recorded six shutouts on the season.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...started all 18 matches as
a sophomore...tallied three assists, his ﬁrst career points...helpers
came in Stetson wins over Johnson & Wales (Sept. 1), Florida Atlantic (Sept. 25) and USC Upstate (Oct. 10).
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...played well off the bench
in 11 matches...averaged just over 25 minutes per match...had a
high of two shots in season-opening win over Northwood (9/1)...
also picked up shots against Lipscomb (10/9) and North Carolina
(10/28)...played season-high 52 minutes against North Florida.
High School: Graduated from the Pendleton School for IMG
Athletes in Bradenton, Florida...also attended Cedros in Mexico
City, Mexico...at Pendleton he played for Coach Tom Durkin...2009
IMG Academy Player of the Year...2009 IMG Academy Athlete of
the Year...captain of the IMG Academy U17/U18 Developmental
Squad that ﬁnished in ﬁrst place in the Southeast Division and third
place in the USSF DA National Finals...played in the PUMAS Youth
Academy in Mexico City...Final Four of the State Cup in 2007...
ﬁnalist in the Dallas Cup in 2008.

2011: Did not compete...Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors.
2010: Appeared in two matches off the bench.
High School: Graduated Summa Cum Laude from North Miami
Beach High School... Earned four varsity letters playing soccer for
the Chargers... Won the Team MVP and Student-Athlete Awards...
Played club soccer for South Florida Elite and played in the Premier
Development League with Schulz Academy... A long-serving member of the Florida State ODP team and served as team captain in
2009... With the ODP Program, Chris trained with famous Argentinean club Estudiantes de la Plata and was selected to the ‘92 Boys
Region III ODP Player Pool.
Personal: Son of Berkis and Jorge Aguirre of North Miami Beach,
Florida... Born April 6, 1992 in Miami, Florida... Chose Stetson because it has a good environment, is close to home, and he received
an academic scholarship... Majoring in Biology.
Aguirre’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2010
2/0
0
2011
0/0
0
TOTALS
2/0
0

G
0
0
0

A
0
0
0

PTS
0
0
0

Personal: Son of Luis Ocejo and Dinorah Medrano de Ocejo of
Mexico City, Mexico... Born May 24, 1990 in Mexico City...chose
Stetson for the soccer program and because it is a great university...Majoring in Finance.
Ocejo’s Career Statistics
YEAR
G/GS
2009
11/0
2010
18/18
2011
18/18
TOTALS
47/36

Sh
4
4
20
28

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G
0
0
2
2

A
0
3
3
6

PTS
0
3
7
10

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Student-Athletes

J J
B O S T I C

AJ
CARDOUNEL

JR | D | 6-1 |175
Dunedin, Fla.
East Lake HS

JR | MF | 5-8 | 150
Davie, Fla.
St. Thomas Aquinas HS

4

17

2011: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...Started all 19
matches on the back line in ﬁrst season at Stetson...Scored ﬁrst
career goal Sept. 4 at Ohio State...Also scored in Nov. 11 A-Sun
semiﬁnal match at ETSU...Key element of Stetson defense that
recorded six shutouts on the year...Led the team with 1,824 minutes
played.
High School: Played one season at USF before transferring to Stetson...Team captain as a senior and four-year starter at East Lake
High...Played club soccer for Clearwater Chargers.
Personal: Born Javon Michael Bostic on July 22, 1992 in Honolulu,
Hawaii...Son of Neal and Tina Bostic...Honor Roll and Dean’s List
student at East Lake High...Majoring in Physics.
Bostic’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2011
19/19 4
TOTALS
19/19 4

G
2
2

A
0
0

PTS
4
4

2011: Did not compete...Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors.
2010: Did not compete...Earned Atlantic Sun All-Acadmeic honors.
High School: Played three seasons of varsity soccer at St. Thomas
Aquinas High...Earned the Coaches’ Award...Helped lead team to
the state championship game as a sophomore...Served as team
captain and was named Most Versatile Player while leading team
to the Class 5A Regional Finals in 2009...Played club soccer for
Plantation Eagles.
Personal: Born Alexander James Cardounel on May 26, 1992
in Hollywood, Florida...Son of Alex and Toni Cardounel...Graduated with honors from St. Thomas Aquinas High...Four years on the
Principal’s List...Member of the National Honor Society...Majoring in
Biology.
Cardounel’s Career Statstics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2010
0/0
0
2011
0/0
0
TOTALS
0/0
0

G
0
0
0

A
0
0
0

PTS
0
0
0

JJ Bostic

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Student-Athletes

Raf faele
C E N T O FA N T I

E v a n
J I M M O

JR | D | 5-10 | 170
Miami Lakes, Fla.
Ferguson HS

JR | F | 6-4 | 190
Melbourne, Fla.
Vierra HA

6

16

2011: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...Appeared in and
started 18 contests in the back...Scored two goals on the season...
Tallied ﬁrst career goal at Ohio State (Sept. 4)...Also scored at
home against Furman (Sept. 16)...Played 90 minutes or more in 12
games, including a 120 minute contest against ETSU in the A-Sun
Tournament (Nov. 11).
2010: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...started all 18
matches as a freshman on the back line...had an assist in 10-0 win
over Johnson & Wales (Sept. 1).
High School: A defender from Miami Lakes, Florida who was home
schooled... In 2008 he was named to the USSF Development Academy Southern Conference Starting XI... He was one of two USA
based players called up for the Venezuelan U17 National Team
that competed in 2009 South American Qualifying for the U17
World Championships. During qualifying he played in four matches
and scored the tying goal against Chile.
Personal: Son of Alesandro Centofanti and Kathleen Amaya of
Miami, Florida... Born March 21, 1992 in Miami... Chose Stetson
because it is a good school and a small school... Majoring in Sport
Management.
Centofanti’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2010
18/18 5
2011
18/18 23
TOTALS
36/36 28

G
0
2
2

A
1
0
1

2011: A-Sun Conference Scholar...Played in 17 matches with 10
starting assignments...scored one goal...notched Stetson’s ﬁrst goal
of the 2011 season in a 4-0 win over Florida Tech on August 27...
made his ﬁrst career start in that match as well.
2010: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...played in 12
matches off the bench...scored two goals and notched one assist...
scored in wins over Johnson & Wales (Sept. 1) and UNF (Oct. 29).
High School: Played four seasons at Vierga High...Was Team MVP
and earned all-conference honors...Led club team - Space Coast
United - to the FYSA State Cup Final Four...Also a member of the
‘01 FYSA State ODP team.
Personal: Born on November 18, 1991 in Reston, Virginia...Son of
Scott Jimmo and Heather McDonough...Has one sister, Erin...National
Honor Society member at Viera High...Majoring in Finance.
Jimmo’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS
2010
12/0
2011
17/10
TOTALS
29/10

SH
10
16
26

G
2
1
3

A
1
0
1

PTS
5
2
7

PTS
1
4
5

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Student-Athletes

Stevie
SABALLOS

A n d r e a s
S C H N A B L

JR | MF | 5-9 | 165
Miami, Fla.
Charlotte

JR | GK | 6-0 | 180
Blaichach, Germany
Gymnasium Immenstadt

8

1

2011: Played in all 19 matches with 18 starts in his ﬁrst season
with the Hatters...ﬁnished the season with one goal and ﬁve assists
for seven points...tied for third on the team in assists...handed out
helpers in each of his ﬁrst two matches, both Stetson victories (Aug.
27 over Florida Tech, Sept. 2 over #15 Penn State)...also had assists vs. George Washington (Sept. 25), at USC Upstate (Oct. 16)
and vs. Lipscomb (Oct. 23)...scored ﬁrst career goal in 1-0 win over
Temple (Sept. 18).
Prior to Stetson: Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Freshman Team pick at
Charlotte in 2010...Appeared in three matches with one start for
the A-10 regular season champion 49ers.
High School: Played soccer and badminton at John A. Ferguson
High in Miami...Was a First Team All-Dade County selection...USSF
Development Academy Southern Conference Starting XI...Member
of the US U18 National Team Pool...Also a part of the Region III
Pool for 1991...Florida ODP State Team member...Played club soccer for Miami Crew.
Personal: Born on January 21, 1991 on Miami, Florida...Son of
Freddy and Daisy Saballos...Has four siblings; Grace, Maria,
Michelle, and Tiffany...Was an International Baccalaureate Student
with a 5.1 weighted GPA at John A. Ferguson Senior High...Majoring in Accounting.
Saballos’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2011
19/18 21
TOTALS
19/18 21

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G
1
1

A
5
5

PTS
7
7

2011: A-Sun Conference Scholar...Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of
the Week (Oct. 10)...started 17 matches in goal for the Hatters...recorded 8-4-4 record with ﬁve shutouts...paced Stetson to 10-match
unbeaten streak to end the season...made 64 saves and recorded
.703 save percentage with 1.52 goals-against average.
2010: Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team...A-Sun Conference All-Tournament Team...Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic
honors...started 17 matches in goal as a freshman...won 10 matches
and recorded ﬁve shutouts...racked up four straight shutouts in wins
over Florida Atlantic (Sept. 25), Belmont (Oct. 1), Lipscomb (Oct. 3)
and ETSU (Oct. 8)...448:16 minutes without allowing a goal in that
span...only allowed 12 goals in 17 matches and only let two opponents score twice...only nationally 23rd-ranked UCF was able to
score two goals in regulation against Schnabl.
High School: Graduated from Gymnasium Immenstadt in Blaichach,
Germany...played his ﬁnal year of club soccer with SC Bregenz of
the Austrian Regionalliga...he served as captain of his team during
the 2008 South German Championships.
Personal: Son of Gisela and Ernst Schnabl of Blaichach, Germany...
born October 9, 1989 in Blaichach...Majoring in International Business.
Schnabl’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS MIN
GA
2010 17/17 1587 12
2011 17/17 1595 27
TOTALS 34/34 3182 29

GAA
0.68
1.52
0.82

SAVES
43
64
107

W-L-T
10-5-2
8-4-4
18-9-6

SO
5
5
10

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Student-Athletes

E l i
B E A T E S

D w i g h t
L O D G E

SO | MF | 6-1 | 165
Winter Park, Fla.
Lake Howell HS

SO | F | 5-10 | 155
Miramar, Fla.
Pines Charter HS

22

3

2011: Played in all 19 matches as a freshman with two starts...
scored two goals...ﬁrst career goal came in 3-2 overtime win at
USC Upstate (Oct. 16)...also scored in 3-1 home win over Lipscomb
(Oct. 23).

2011: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors...Appeared in 10
matches as a freshman with one start...made ﬁrst career start in
Oct. 9 1-0 win over Mercer...recorded an assist in season-opening
4-0 win over Florida Tech (Aug. 27).

High School: Played four years of soccer and one year of freshman football at Lake Howell High...Led team to state Final Four
in 2010...Played club soccer for FC America, leading the team in
scoring.

High School: Four-time All-County selection (three-time First Team
pick) at Pembroke Pines Charter High, playing with Hatters teammate Juan Polanco...Two-time All-State honoree...With 97 career
goals and 59 career assists, is career leader...34 goals and 24 assists in a season set records at Pembroke Pines...Also named 2011
Broward County Player of the Year.

Personal: Born on November 12, 1992...Son of Raymond Lodge
and Althea Leigh-Lodge...Has one sibling; Anwar...Honor Roll
student and Who’s Who in Foreign Language honors at Pembroke
Pines Charter High...Majoring in Business Administration.
Lodge’s Career Statistics
YEAR
GP/GS SH
2011
10/1 1
TOTALS
10/1
1

G
0
0

A
1
1

PTS
1
1

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Student-Athletes

JJ
LOFTHOUSE
-SMITH

G a b r i e l e
V I T T O R I

SO | D | 6-0 | 180
London, England

R-FR | D | 6-1 | 170
Caracas, Venezuela
Emil Friedman School

7

13

2011: Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team...played in all 19 matches
with 18 starts on the back line...one of the anchors of a terriﬁc
Stetson defense that posted six shutouts on the season...was only
subbed out of the match twice in his 18 starts...third on the team
with 1,757 minutes played.

2011: Redshirted...Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors.

Personal: Joined the Hatters in late August 2011...Major is undeclared.

Personal: Born on May 5, 1992 in Venezuela...Son of Luis Vittori
and Elena Petronio...Has two siblings; Angela and Antonio...Top 20
percent in graudating class at Emil Friedman...Majoring in Economics.

High School: Played soccer for Universidad Central de Venezuela,
Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela, and club teams...Also swam
competitively.

PTS
0
0

J u a n
P O L A N C O

Travis
WORKMAN

R-FR | MF | 5-9 | 150
Miramar, Fla.
Pines Charter HS

JR | MF | 6-1 | 185
DeLand, Fla.
DeLand HS

21

18

2011: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Pembroke Pines Charter High with Hatters
teammate Dwight Lodge...Scored 23 goals and recorded 19 assists in his last two seasons...Earned All-Broward accolades as both
a junior and a senior...Led Pembrok Pines to state semiﬁnals and
regional semiﬁnals during ﬁnal two seasons...Played club soccer for
West Pines United.
Personal: Born Juan Andres Polanco on August 28, 1993 in Ecuador...Son of Erick and Lily Polanco...Has one brother; Nick...Earned
silver cord honors, and was recognized for 250 volunteer hours at
Pembroke Pines Charter High...Major is undeclared.

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High School: Played four years at DeLand High ... Was named
captain for junior and senior seasons ... Also earned Team MVP
honors during junior and senior campaigns ... Was an All-County
Honorable Mention as a junior and a First Team selection as a
senior.
Personal: Born Travis Ryan Workman on July 11, 1992 in DeLand,
Florida ... Son of Johnnie and Joni Workman ... Has four siblings;
Mikey, Terry, Shaun, and Kelly ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude
and was a member of the National Honor Society at DeLand High...
Majoring in Finance.

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Luis
ARRAZOLA

Q u i n n
E B R I G H T

FR | GK | 6-0 | 160
Seattle, Wash.
Issaquah HS

SO | MF | 5-11 | 155
Tampa, Fla.
Mary Washington

15

5

High School: Played high school soccer at Issaquah High for Head
Coach Dan Peterson.

Prior to Stetson: Comes to Stetson after one season at the University of Mary Washington.

Personal: Born Luis Xabier Arrazola on June 17, 1994...Son of
Luis and Lynn Arrazola...Father Luis played professional soccer
in Spain...Has three siblings; Mikel, Nerea, and Ion...Was an AP
Scholar at Issaquah High...Majoring in Biology.

High School: Started all four years at H.B. Plant High, leading the
team to three district championships...All-County Honorable Mention
in 2008...Played club soccer for Strictly Soccer F.C...Also won the
Challenge Sports U18 3v3 National Championship and Kick-It U17
3v3 World Championship.
Personal: Born Quinn Alexander Ebright on April 3, 1992 in
Tampa, Florida...Son of Tim and Robbin Ebright...Has one sister;
Lauren...Member of the Latin Honor Society at H.B. Plant High...
Majoring in Business Administration.

F a b r i z i o
C H I A R I

D o u g
S Z O K A

FR | MF | 5-3 | 165
Caracas, Venezuela
Colegio Los Arcos

FR | MF | 5-5 | 125
DeLand, Fla.
DeLand HS

20

2

High School: Played club soccer for Centro Italiano Venezolano
and Weston FC Academy.

High School: Played three years at DeLand High for Head Coach
Chris Dowdell.

Personal: Born on June 7, 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela ... Son of
Junio Chiari and Rosalba Mazzucco ... Has one brother ... Graduated from Colegio Los Arcos in the top ten percent of his class ... Was
also a member of the Student Congress...Major is undeclared.

Personal: Born Douglas Robert Szoka on December 2, 1992 in
Bristol, Connecticut...Son of Doug and Amy Szoka...Has one brother;
Tyler...Was a double enrollment graduate with AA degree at DeLand High...Majoring in Sport Management.

NSCAA Third Team All-America
NSCAA First Team All-Region
A-Sun Player of the Week (Twice)
TopDrawer A-Sun Top 20
Preseason All-Atlantic Sun
NSCAA Third Team All-Region
NSCAA Third Team All-America Scholar
NSCAA First Team All-Region Scholar
TopDrawer A-Sun Top 20
Preseason All-Atlantic Sun
NSCAA Third Team All-Region
NSCAA Third Team All-America Scholar
NSCAA First Team All-Region Scholar
CoSIDA Academic All-District
A-Sun All-Academic Team
A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week
NSCAA Honorable Mention All-Region Scholar
CoSIDA Academic All-District
A-Sun All-Academic Team
CS360 National Team of the Week
CSN National Team of the Week
A-Sun Player of the Week
A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week
NSCAA All-Academic Team

Stetson University entered a new era of leadership in July 2009 when Dr.
Wendy B. Libby became the university’s ninth president.
Along with Director of Athletics Jeff Altier, Libby was integral in bringing
football back to Stetson for the ﬁrst time since 1956. The Hatters will play
their ﬁrst season in the fall of 2013. Coming with the return of football was
the construction of a state-of-the-art ﬁeld house for not only football, but also
men’s and women’s soccer and the brand new women’s lacrosse team. The $6.7
million, 25,000 square foot facility was completed in August of 2012.
Formerly president of Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., the nation’s
second-oldest women’s institution, Libby has had a broad career in higher education and private industry. An expert in strategic planning, she plans to build
on Stetson’s values-centered heritage and tradition of academic excellence and
communityengaged service learning while movingStetson forward.
Prior to her six years at Stephens College, Libby served as vice president
for business affairs and chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcer at Furman University, Greenville,
S.C., from 1995 to 2003. She has 28 years of administrative and teaching experience in higher education, at institutions including Westbrook College (now part of
the University of New England), the University of Hartford, the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, The Ohio State University and Cornell University.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Libby earned her doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Connecticut. Her undergraduate degree, in
Biology with a concentration in Genetics, is from Cornell University. She earned an MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School
of Management.
Libby is a member of numerous higher education organizations. Last fall, she led a delegation of six college presidents in a visit to Ewha University in
Seoul, South Korea. In honor of her outstanding leadership, Libby received the 2007 Athena Award from the Columbia (Mo.) Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network for her support of women in realizing their full leadership potential
and for contributing to the quality of life in the communi ty. In May, she received
the 2009 Outstanding Higher Education Professional Alumni Award at the University of Connecticut.
She and her husband, Dr. Richard M. Libby, have two sons, Glenn and wife Ginger, and Gregg and wife Lori, four grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, and three dogs. An avid reader, she enjoys cooking and entertaining.

Dr. Wendy
LIBBY
University President
Fourth Year

Jeff Altier, a 28-year veteran of the Stetson University athletic department,
is in his 16th year as Director of Athletics. During his tenure, Altier has earned a
reputation as an outstanding fundraiser and a leader with an eye on the future,
and is noted for his active participation in the NCAA governance structure.
Along with President Libby, he was integral in bringing football back to
Stetson for the ﬁrst time since 1956. The Hatters will play their ﬁrst season in
the fall of 2013. Coming with the return of football was the construction of a
state-of-the-art ﬁeld house for not only football, but also men’s and women’s
soccer and the brand new women’s lacrosse team. The $6.7 million, 25,000
square foot facility was completed in August of 2012.
Altier, captain of the nationally-ranked 1982 Hatter baseball team, earned
both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stetson. Upon wrapping up his
Stetson baseball career, he spent two years as a player/coach developing
the sport in Perth, Australia. He then returned to Stetson as an assistant coach
before being promoted to Ticket Manager, Director of Athletic Promotions, and
then Associate Athletic Director. In these rolls, he spearheaded the department’s development efforts as well as oversaw athletic marketing and promotions, concessions and travel coordination. He was named Director of Athletics in 1996.
Altier also served as Tournament Manager for the NCAA Division I Southeast First and Second Round Men’s basketball tournament hosted by Stetson in
1993 and 1996 at the Orlando Arena, and as Tournament Director for the 1999 and 2004 tournament.
Stetson has taken great strides in the area of gender equity under Altier, increasing scholarships, participation opportunities and stafﬁng for women’s
athletics. The unprecedented success of the women’s tennis, golf, soccer, basketball and softball teams in conference competition during Altier’s tenure are evidence
of his commitment to women’s athletics. In fact, under his direction Stetson’s women’s and men’s teams have won an impressive 15 conference championships.
A hallmark of Altier’s professional career was the building of Stetson’s $4.5 million baseball facility, Melching Field at Conrad Park. Built in conjunction
with the City of DeLand, Melching Field is regarded as one of the nation’s premiere college baseball facilities. Altier then turned his attention to construction of an
on-campus softball facility, which broke ground in 2002 and was ready for competition in February of 2003. The Patricia Wilson Field has been named Collegiate
Softball Field of the Year four times. He was also instrumental in securing new state-of-the-art ﬁeld lighting for both the softball and soccer ﬁelds in 2005. Under his
guidance, the Athletic Department has seen the addition of the new Wilson Athletic Center, a $ 1.5 million health and wellness facility for the use of Stetson studentathletes.
Stetson athletics has continued to grow under Altier’s guidance. Three new sports have or will be added in the next year, with sand volleyball starting
competition in the spring of 2012, women’s lacrosse in the spring of 2013 and the return of football in the fall of 2013. The program is also growing in terms of
stafﬁng and facilities, with construction currently under way on a facility that will house the football, lacrosse and both soccer programs, along with practice ﬁeld for
football and practice and game ﬁelds for soccer and lacrosse.
Altier’s leadership has extended beyond campus, as he has taken on Atlantic Sun Conference leadership roles, chairing many committees and serving
as conference vice-president. Additionally, he has served on the National Association of College Directors of Athletics Division IAAA board of directors, the NCAA
A.E.C. Cabinet and is currently a member of the prestigious NCAA Leadership Council. Locally he has served as president of the DeLand Rotary Club, vice-president
of the DeLand Sports Redevelopment Association, and is a graduate of Leadership DeLand and Leadership Orlando. He is currently a member of the board of
directors of the Central Florida Sports Commission. Altier was honored as the West Volusia Sportsperson of the Year for 2004. In 2011 Altier was recognized by his
peers in the National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics as the Under Armour Southeast Region Division I Athletic Director of the Year.
Altier’s family includes wife, Sarah (Booker) (Stetson B.A. ‘82, M.Ed. ‘96), and children Heath (Stetson M.B.A. ‘09), Brianne, and Garrett.

J e f f
A L T I E R
Director of Athletics
16th Year

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Facilities

Since 1974, the J. Ollie Edmunds Center has been home to Stetson men’s
basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball contests. The Hatter men’s basketball team defeated Marshall 73-58 in the inaugural Edmunds Center game on
Dec. 5, 1974. In the 36 seasons since that time, the Hatters have amassed over
330 total victories in their home building. Maintaining a top-notch athletic facility
is a continual process, and the work at the Edmunds Center has been at a pace
to keep up with the development of the athletic program itself. Over the past
several years, the Edmunds Center has received a number of physical modiﬁcations and equipment upgrades. The scoreboards, shot clocks, bench seating,
illuminated media tables, ﬂoor design and lobby showcase have all recently been
upgraded. In 2000, the maplewood ﬂoor was completely sanded and repainted,
and new scoreboards were installed. In 2003, banners were hung in the Edmunds
Center rafters for each member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. And in 2005,
brand new bleachers were installed along the entire east end of the building.
Eight modern locker rooms are housed in the Edmunds Center, among them the
men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, softball and volleyball
Edmunds Center
locker rooms. The Edmunds Center houses coaches and staff ofﬁces. In addition, the
complex contains the crew team workout facility, dressing rooms, the ticket ofﬁce and
an athletic training room. The Edmunds Center was home to the men’s 1991 and 1996 Trans America Athletic Conference Tournaments as well
as the women’s tournament in 1997. It also served as training camp site for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association in 1992
and 1993, and hosted the NCAA Volleyball Tournament First Round in 1996.
Down the street is the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, home of the Stetson
men’s and women’s tennis programs. Located on the east-side of the DeLand
campus, the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center was completed in late 1996. The state-ofthe-art facility is named in honor of Mandy Marie Stoll who was the tennis team’s
top player when she was killed in an automobile accident in April 1988 during her
junior year. During her three years as a member of the Stetson tennis team, she
set school records of 20 consecutive wins and 27 wins in one season. The facility
includes six courts, with plans for six additional courts in the future, a kiosk, three
gazebos, courtside bleachers and a new scoreboard. Three of the six courts have
been named: one for Mary Estella Palmer McNamara, the late wife of SU trustee
Dennis McNamara of Orlando and a Stetson graduate; one in honor of former
Stetson tennis coach Vicky Pate, also a Stetson alumna; and one in memory of
Mandy Stoll. The Mandy Stoll Tennis Center has served as the host location for four
Atlantic Sun Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships.
The Stetson softball team has played 10 seasons at Patricia Wilson Field
with tremendous success. The Hatters won their ﬁrst 18 games on their home ﬁeld in
Mandy Stoll Tennis Center
2003 and have a combined home record of 278-124 (.692). The sparkling facility
features spacious dugouts, multiple bullpen and batting cage areas, a state-of-the-art scoreboard, a brilliant lighting system for playing night
games, and a concession area. A team ﬁeld house and a press box were built in 2007-08. In 2010 Stetson hosted the A-Sun Tournament for
the fourth year in a row.
One of the most picturesque, fan-friendly stadiums in the nation, Melching
Field at Conrad Park will enter its 15th season as the home of Stetson Baseball
in 2013. At a cost of $4.5 million, Melching Field was the result of a joint effort
between Stetson University, DeLand Sports Redevelopment Association and the
City of DeLand. Built on the same site as old Conrad Park, Melching Field opened
on Feb. 12, 1999. Hatter fans have ﬂocked to Melching Field in record numbers.
With more than half a million fans since the stadium opened in 1999, Stetson is
often ranked nationally among college baseball attendance leaders. Melching
Field features permanent seating for 2,500 spectators with grass berms holding
approximately 500 additional fans. A full-service concessions area greets visitors upon their entrance to the park on Woodland Boulevard. The 2012 season
marked the debut of a new high-tech scoreboard, which is located in left ﬁeld
and is equipped with a state-of-the-art message center and graphics board.
The numerous golf courses in Florida provide the men’s and women’s golf
teams with ample places to play. The Hatters host tournaments every year at the
DeLand Country Club, Southridge Golf Club, and Victoria Hills Golf Club. Also,
the cross country teams host a meet every October at the Sperling Sports Complex, and the crew team practices and competes at nearby Lake Beresford.
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Sports Medicine
• The Stetson University Sports Medicine staff is under
the direction of the head team physician, three associate physicians, and full time certiﬁed athletic trainers
providing a full complement of services to enhance the
physical performance and
personal healthcare of each student-athlete.
• The sports medicine staff’s main location is in the
athletic training room of the Wilson Athletic Center. The
athletic training room is a 2,500 square-foot facility
dedicated to the healthcare of all student-athletes. It
is stocked with over 9,000 pounds of free weights and
selectorized equipment.
• The sports medicine staff is focused on identifying
and preventing athletic injuries through the use of a
complete line of evaluation tools including a state of
the art isokinetic testing and rehabilitation device.

• The addition of the Athletic Training Facility by
the new Stetson Soccer/Lacrosse Complex, and the
Football practice ﬁelds, brought on an additional
state-of-the-art athletic training room, as well as a
strength and conditioning facility available to all
student-athletes on campus.
• The division of sports medicine utilizes a wide
array of physicians, counselors, and other allied
health care professionals to assist our student-athletes in all aspects of their healthcare, growth, and
development.
• A full-time certiﬁed athletic trainer is on site for
all in season practices, games, weight training, and
conditioning sessions.

• The sports medicine staff includes an in-house Certiﬁed Strength
and Conditioning Specialist and an afﬁliation with All Star Sports
Performance to enhance our strength and conditioning programs
for all of our student athletes.
• Team members follow a comprehensive and individualized program designed to increase power, strength, speed, quickness, agility, jumping ability, ﬂexibility and overall conditioning.

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For more than 30 years, the Atlantic Sun Conference has supported its member institutions in providing intercollegiate athletics programs committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun
accomplishes this mission by maintaining the highest standards in
academic and athletic achievement, creating a balance between
student and athlete. Adding an emphasis on sportsmanship in the
competitive arena and fostering leadership opportunities through
community service, the A-Sun, its member institutions and its student-athletes aim for an overall educational experience that is
successful in Building Winners for Life.

Atlantic Sun
a grant from the NCAA to enhance women’s basketball
marketing. As a result, attendance in the league increased by
nearly 16% from a year ago with league champion Stetson
nearly doubling their previous year mark.
• Baseball returned to its lofty position on the national stage last
year. The A-Sun ranked ninth in the RPI and sent three
teams to NCAA Regionals with Belmont and Stetson reaching the
regional ﬁnals.
• Softball continues its pursuit to become a multi-bid sport as the
league posted the 12th best RPI in the NCAA, its fourth
straight season being ranked in the top-12 and boasted ﬁve top100 teams led by conference champion Jacksonville (44).
• Men’s Golf success has become an expectation in the A-Sun.
Kennesaw State ﬁnished third at the NCAA Southeastern
Regional last year, the best regional ﬁnish ever for an A-Sun team.
They advanced to nationals, the seventh time in eight
years an A-Sun team advanced.
• The A-Sun posted the nation’s biggest turnaround in men’s soccer
last year with four programs improving by nearly
100 spots in the NCAA RPI. FGCU spent most of the season
ranked in the top-25.

BUILDING ...
The student-athletes of the A-Sun consistently achieve academic
accolades on a national level ...
• As a whole, the Atlantic Sun set a new record with 63.79 percent
of all student-athletes earning All-Academic status
after achieving at least a 3.0 GPA last year.
• Belmont’s Mick Hedgepeth was named the 2010-11 NACDA
Division I-AAA Scholar Athlete of the Year.
• ETSU baseball standout Paul Hoilman won his second straight
A-Sun Student-Athlete of the Year award becoming just the fourth
person in A-Sun history to accomplish that feat. He ranked third
nationally in home runs on his way to posting a 3.95 GPA in math.
• The A-Sun was the NCAA’s top academic performing women’s
soccer conference last year as nine of 11 teams received
recognition from the NSCAA for posting a team GPA of 3.0 or
better. No other Division I conference a higher percentage
of teams on the list.
• Kennesaw State’s Ben Greene earned the NCAA who earned
the NCAA Elite 88 honor for having the best GPA among
participants in the men’s golf championship.

... FOR LIFE!
and at the same time preparing themselves to become valuable
members of their community.
• The NCAA annual Federal Graduation Rate and Graduation
Success Rate (GSR) report shows the A-Sun living its mission
of Building Winners for Life as 32 programs check in with a
100% success rate.
• Survey results from The Tennessean tab Lipscomb grad Beth
Harwell, the state’s ﬁrst female Speaker of the House, as Most
Powerful Woman in the state last winter.
• A trio of A-Sun schools - UNF, Belmont and Lipscomb - received
Community Engagement recognition from the Carnegie Foundation
for exceptional commitment to community service.
• Ted Gumbart was one of only four conference commissioners to
join NCAA President Mark Emmert at an August retreat to discuss
strategic change in Division I athletics.
• Lipscomb’s Jenna Bartsokas earned post-graduate scholarships from both the A-Sun and the NCAA while being named the
league’s Student-Athlete of the Year and a candidate for the
NCAA’s Woman of the Year award.
• Three A-Sun institutions ranked among the top 8 Regional Universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Stetson
(#3), Belmont (#5) and Mercer (#8) each earned top marks.
* Via 2011-12 season

... WINNERS ...
... while performing at a high level in the competitive arena ...
• The A-Sun ﬁnished with an RPI of 17 in men’s basketball, trailing
just the ACC, SEC and Conference USA among nine
southeastern Division I conferences. A conference record three
teams reached postseason play with Jacksonville and
ETSU each picking up CIT victories.
• The A-Sun became one of just two Division I conferences to earn

Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top
eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend
of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions
in the region: East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast
University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, Northern Kentucky University,
University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate
and Stetson University.